Hyperion is a novel by American science fiction and fantasy writer Dan Simmons. The Hyperion Cantos is a loosely connected sequence of space opera short stories, novellas, and novels in a fictional universe. This is the world of Hyperion, where the terrifying and mysterious Shrike appears seemingly out of nowhere to claim victims that have been chosen for him. On this planet, where violence and brutality are daily, some want to destroy the creature, no matter what harm it may do them. But some love it. Can they find common ground? Or will they only see war?
A creature called the Shrike haunts Hyperion, an elegant and deadly monster from beyond space and time which waits patiently for all the other residents of that timeless world to die. The apocalyptic wars of generations ago, which decimated the land and nearly destroyed civilization, have finally ended. But throughout this long winter of peace a new war has been brewing. Now war comes to Hyperion again as an interstellar conflict threatening to destroy the entire Known World erupts into violence. And it falls upon this isolated planet–its exotic society, emergent technologies, and bewildering religions–to endure whatever fate awaits it at the hands of its most mysterious native inhabitant: a terrifying god-like being known only as the Shrike.
The Shrike is a terrifying creature of legend, a specter of death and destruction that wreaks havoc upon the world of Hyperion. When Captain Hunt and his crew are tasked with finding a way to destroy this unstoppable killing machine, they must come face-to-face with their most daunting challenges yet. A compelling tale from award-winning master storyteller Dan Simmons, Hyperion has become a modern classic.
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On the Hyperion world, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, the creature called the Shrike waits. Some worship it. Some fear it. And some have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion, seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope—and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.
